Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer: Illinois Budget’s New Taxes Face Serious Constitutional Challenges
June 12, 2026
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A mess of uncertainty and litigation is sure to follow.
With $162 billion more from taxpayers, couldn’t you deliver a few bond upgrades, too
The study uses measurable, quantitative data on student performance to draw a completely subjective conclusion. Differences are attributable to some nebulous “positive atmosphere” and “trust” among students, teachers, and principals. Substantial resources must be invested to build that atmosphere, of course. It’s all very scientific, you know- they did a STUDY to prove it.
How have we let them get away with this nonsense?
Those positive elements are derived from a survey conducted annually at schools (the 5Essentials student and teacher surveys).
Of course, whether those elements of trust, etc. are properly defined and the survey methods are rigorous is an entirely different question that should be addressed if it hasn’t already been somewhere else.
I’ve seen several 5Essential tests (I ask to see a copy each year at my boy’s school) and it is complete psychobabble nonsense.
It’s akin to economists taking data points from the real economy, then concluding “consumer confidence” is the primary driver of that data. Therefore, to improve economic conditions, we should invest in a massive campaign to improve consumer confidence. As long as everybody feels good, the economy is great!
Come to think of it, that’s exactly what the Democrats are trying to do. They are stunned that this approach doesn’t work. And they will be looking for excuses when it doesn’t work in schools either.